Locker



Dec. 1 1925. 1,563,880

W. N. VANCE LOCKER Filed Aug. 2o, 1919 2 sheets-Suez 1 Hl-UH. MWI* l Dec. l,` 1925.

w. N. vANcE LQCKER Filed Aug. 2o, 1919 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Dec.. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES WALTER N. VANCE, O F CHICAGO HEIGHTS,

ILLNOES, ASSEGNOR TO DUB/AND STEEL LOCKER COMPANY, 0F CHICAGG, LLINOS, A CORPORATGN 0F LLNOIS.

LOCKER.

Application flied. August 20, 1919.

To all whom it muy concern.'

Be it known that l, Vitamina N. VANGE, a citizen o1' the United States, residing in Chicago Heights, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful mproveinent in Lockers, olf which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to lockers and has for its object broadly the provision ot' an improved double door locker, i. e. a locker, the door opening of which is closed by two doors hinged at the two sides and swinging in toward each other into closed position.

A principal object oi the invention is the pro-vision of a double door locker providing a full opening when the doors are open and providing also for the secure fastening oi the doors when in closed position and this without danger of the door edges becoming separated.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of a locker of this character wherein the doors and latching device will automatically arrange themselves in latched condition upon closing oit the doors.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a locker o1" this character provided with a stop against which the edges of the doors may be secured when. the doors are closed1 which st-op will be movable with one of the doors to provide a full opening.

Another object of the inventionl is the provision of a locker in which the parts of the latching or locking mechanism may readily be assembled and the parts may be readily individually replaced should occasion require.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of an improved manipulating device for doors of this character together with effective means for locking the same.

Other objects and advantages et the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating a preerred embodiment thereof.

Serial No. 318,691.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation eta locker embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on the line 2 2 ot Fig. 1; t

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. l is a partial rear elevation of the door mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a section taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a section taken substantially on line 6 6 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view oi' the keeper provided with the. door manipulating devices.

For the purpose olf illustrating my inven tion I have shown on the drawing a locker comprising a bottom wall 11, side walls 12 and a top wall 13 connected at the front by an angle iron door frame comprising a bottom angle 14, a top angle 15 and side angles 16. These angles are arranged in rectilinear formation, all having flanges arranged in the same vertical plane. The locker is provided with two doors 17 and 1S hinged or pivoted respectively by -hinges 19 to the sides or side members oil this angle iron floor frame. The doors are of proper dimension to permit thein to overlap ywhen in closed position. Each is provided with a flange 21 at the pivot or hinge edge, which is bent in to dispose the same behind the adjacent edge of the door frame as may be seen by comparing Figs. 1 and 2.

Each door is provided with top and bottom end flanges 22 for closing against the top and bottom members of the iframe. The tree edge of the door 18 having the outer overlapping edge is bent into an inturned fiange 23 and the adjacent edge of the companion door is bent inwardly at 24 and then at 25 is bent back into parallelism with the plane oit the body of the door to provide an oiiiset flange 26 behind and extending beyond the iange 23 of the door 18. A. latch bar, in the present instance consisting of an angle iron 27, is slidably mounted upon the inner tace of the door 18 and adjacent its free e'dge. This bar is slotted at its lower end at Q8 with an open-ended slot and at its upper en'd with a key-hole slot 29. Two rivets or pins 31 eXt'end in from the inner face of the door and engage within these slots to guide the latch bar in its movement.

The slots 28 and 29 are provided in the flange or part 32 of the latch bar and this part of the latch bar has full face bearing againstthe door. The other part or flange 33 is provided with a locking lug 34 extending down beneath the lower end of the flange part 32. 'l` his lug is beveled at its rear face at 35 to permit it to slide up over the lower member of the door frame in clos ing and is also slightly beveled at its forward face at 3G for drawing the door against the frame by engagement in a slot 87 formed in the horizontal part of the bottom member. and at an appropriate location. At the top the material of the flange part 33 is cut away, as indicated at` 38, to provide a downwardly extending locking lug 39 spaced from the part 32 of the latch bar. This upper lug 39 is adapted for engagement within a slot 41 'of a keeper l42, which consists of a metal clip or sheet offset at 43 and having a part 44 adapted to lie against the inner face of the vertical flange of the top angle of the frame, a rivet 45 being provided to hold this keeper or clip in place. The body 46 of the keeper is arranged inwardly an appropriate distance for easy engagement by the lug 39 and to permit oveilapping of the door edges as. will be presently described. rlhe lug 39 is beveled similarly to the lug 34, already described, at the bottom of the latch bar.

A manipulating handle or device 51 is positioned on the outer side of the door and this handle has a leg 52 provided with an extension 53 which is disposed through a slot 54`iu the front wall. rfhis extension 53 is also given the form of a latch lug and is fixed by a rivet 55 or otherwise to the outer face of the part 33 of the latch bar so that the two move together, and from certain aspects of the invention may be considered to be a latching device. The lug 55 is provided with a hooked end 56 adapted to be engaged within a cut away recess 5T in the flange part 2G of the door 17.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that the latching device is engaged with the top and bottom of the door frame, i. e. respectively by lugs 39 and 34, and also with the free or swinging edge of the door 17 by latch or lock 56.

The other leg` .58ct the manipulating handle slides on the outside of the door and it is provided with a tail 59 which moves within a staple or keeper 61. The tail 59 is a mere flat extension of the handle and is perforated at 62. The keeper or staple G1 consists of a metal strap bent to U-formation shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. The eX- tremities of the strap are cut away at 63 to provide lugs 64 adapted to be thrust through a slot 65 provided in the door` 18. These lugs are then oppositely bent down as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 to prevent the strap or keeper from being pulled out of position. The material of the strap is bulged or bent outwardly to provide protuberances (i6 between and above the lugs. These protuberances provide shoulders (i7 for bearing against the outer face of the door and adapted to clamp the material of the door against the lugs (i4 when said lugs are bent as described.

Two lugs 70 extend respectively between the lugs (S4 on each side of the keeper and aie bent toward each other bringing the ends into toggle relation and spreading or tending to spread the legs of the keeper holding the parts firmly in assembled relation.

The keeper is also perforated at 68 to receive a lock 69. This lock when disposed through the perforations 68 and 62 prevents upward movement of the manipulating device and consequently prevents opening of the door.

1n order that any marring of the finish of the door by the sliding of the tail of the keeper may be confined 'to a space immediately beneath the keeper, I provide a raised rib 71 upon which the manipulating device slides in action.

It will be manifest that the', latch bar acts as a door stop when the doors are closed as well as a lock bar and opening of the doors moves this stop out of position obstructing the full opening into the locker. The latching device7 moreover, not only secures the outer overlapping door edge to hold the doors closed but also insures the permanently closed relation of both of the two overlapping edges.

The latch bar is srliown on the drawing to be provided with a recess 80 in the flange 3Q, this recess being provided for engage ment with the locking bolt. of a rim lock should the provision of such a lock be desirable in particular instances.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understocd from the foregoing description, and c it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the for hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

l claim:

l. Ii locl-er, comprising in combination a door frame. a pair of doors hinged to the sides ot' said frame. one of said doors carrying a latch bar engageable with the frame at the top and bottom and the other door intermediate its top and bottom.

2. A locker, comprising in Combination, a door trame, a pair ot doors hinged to the sides ot said frame, one ot said doors carrying a latch bar device having latching lugs tor engaging the trame at the top and bottom and the other door intermediate its top and bottom.

3. A locker, comprising in combination, a door trame, doors hinged to the sides ot said trame and having overlapping flanges at their meeting edges, and a latch bar device, carried by one ot' the doors, engageable with ,the top land bottom of the frame and engageable also with the iiange ot the other door.

Ll. lecker, comprising in combination, a door trame, doors hinged to the sides ot said trame, a keeper secured to the top ot the trame, and a latch bar slidably mounted on the door and engageable with the bottom ot the. iframe and said keeper.

A locker, comprising in combination, a door trame, doors hinged to the sides of said trame, a keeper secured to the top ot the trame, and a latch bar slidablymounted on one ot said doors and automatically engageable with another door the bottom otl the trame and said keeper 0n closing.

6. A locker, comprising in combination a door trame, doors hinged to the sides ot said iframe, and a longitudinally sliding latching device carried by the outer one of said doors ttor engaging the other.

7. A locker, comprising in combination a door trame, providing an unobstructed opening therethrough when the doors are open, doors hinged to the sides ot said traine, and a central door stop carried by one ci? said doors and engaging the trame at the top and bottoni when the doors are closed.

8, A locker, comprisingin combination a door iii-ame providing an unobstructed opening theretl'irough when the doors are open, doors hinged to the sides Ot said trame, and a central door stop carried by one ot said doors and automatically engageable with the top and bottom when the doors are closed.

A keeper for a lockerV door and the like, coinprising a il member having lugs t'or engagement with the inside oi the door, and outwardly pressed shoulders between said 'tor engaging the outer tace of the door.

l0, ri keeper for a locker door and the like, comprising a il member having lugs for eng: t with the inside ot the door, outwai .y pressed shoulders between said lugs :tor engaging' the outer taie ot the door, and means iii '-irdly et said shoulders tor spreading 1e 1ts of the keeper to hold the luo's :rn-:l shoulders in holding relation to the door.

11. A keeper for a locker door and the like, comprising a il member having lugs tor engagement with the inside ot' the door, outwardly pressed shoulders between said lugs for engaging the outer tace ot the door, and lugs beyond or inwardly ot the shoulders and bendable in toward each other into toogle relation to hold the lugs and shoulders in holding relation to the door.

l2. A locker', comiirising in combination a door trame, doors hinged to the sides thereot, and a movable latch ior seci'iring the said doors to the top and bottom ot the trames and to each other.

i3. A locker, comprising in combination a door frame, doors hinged to the sides thereot and having peripheral {tango-s, said flanges engaging the doors at the hinged sides and at the tops and bottoms and eneach other at the tree edges ot the doors when the doors are closed, and means tor locking said edges together.

14. A locker, comprising in combination a door traine, doors hinged to the sides thereof and meetingl at the center of the door traine, and a latching device slidably mounted on one door and having a part disposed beyond the outer tace ot said door for manipulation by the user and havin@ parts also tor engagement with the top and bottom of the trame and with the other door.

l5. il, locker, comprising in combination, a door traine, a door, a latching device slidably movable and carried by said door, a manipulative Adevice disposed without said door, and means independent of said latch bar for guiding said manipulative device in its manipulating movement.

16. A locker, comprising in combination, a door frame, a door, a latching device slidably movable and carried by said door, a manipulative device disposed without said door, means independent of said latch bar tor guiding said manipulative device in its manipulating movement, and a lock engaging said manipulative device. tor preventingopening ot the door.

l?. A locker, comprising in combination,

.a door trame, a door hinged therein, a latching device carried by the door, a manipulative device disposed without the door, and means engaging the manipulative device for holding it in locked relation.

18. A locker, comprising in combination, a door trame, a door hinged thereto, a staple carried by said door and having its ends disposed through the door and oppositely bent, the body of the staple outside the door being bulged to cooperate with the bent ends for holding the staple in place.

19. A locker, comprising in combination, a door frame, a door latching mechanism inclu ding manipulative devices disposed without and slidable upon the outer tace of the casing', the material. of thev door being formed to conine the contact between the manipulative device and 'door in avrestricted area during the sliding' of the manipulative device.

20. A locker, comprising in combination, a door frame, a door latching mechanism including manipulative devices disposed Without and slidable upon the outer face of the casing, the material of the door being formed to conine` the contact between the manipulative device and door in a restricted hidden area during the sliding ot' the manipulative device.

21; A locker, comprising in combination, a 'door frame, a late-h manipulative device movable with respect to the'docr, the door being formed to conine the sliding contact to a restricted area.

A locker, comprisingin combination a door framev` doors vhinged to the sides thereof, and a latching bar device engageable with the top and bottom of the frame and carried by one of the doors and having a lug for engaging the free edge ot the other door.

23. A locker, comprising a door, a latch L56aaso` bar behind saidV door and slidably carried thereby, a: manipulating member having an end connected to the latch-bar, and means on the door, for guiding said manipulating device in its movement for actuating the latch bar.'

Q4.' Al locker, comprising a door', a` lat-ch bar behind said door and slidably carried thereby, a n'ianipulating. member 4having an end connected to the latch bar, and means on the door for guiding said manipulating device in. its movement for actuating the latch bar, saidmeans being adapted to accommodate a lock tor holding the parts in locked position.

A locker, comprising in combination a door frame, a door hinged therein, a latching vdevice carried b v the door and a manipulating device extending through the door andv connected to said latching device, a keeper embracing said manipulating device a-nd connected during its manipulative n'iovement, said keeper and manipulative device being perforated for the reception ot a lock. v

VALTER N, VAYCEt 

